Team Lead/Charge Nurse Med Surg Nights

BJC HealthCare; O’Fallon (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with BJC match

Tuition Assistance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

BJC HealthCare in O’Fallon, Missouri, is seeking a dedicated nurse for a full-time night shift position. The role involves planning, directing, and coordinating patient care while serving as a clinical resource to staff. Requires a nursing diploma or an associate's degree, along with 2-5 years of experience. Benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, retirement contributions, and tuition assistance. Opportunity for professional advancement through the BJC RN Career Ladder.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience required.
• RN license needed.
• No supervisor experience required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates activities of a unit on a designated shift.
• Educates patients and families on managing their health.
• Develops and implements care plans in collaboration with the healthcare team.

Skills

Patient care

Critical thinking

Nursing process evaluation

Education

Nursing Diploma / Associate’s

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Additional Information About the Role

• Full time Position
• Night Shift
• 18 Med Surg Unit
• Benefits Eligible
• Sign on Bonus Eligible External
• The BJC RN Career Ladder differentiates BJC as the place for nurses to work in the greater St. Louis area.
• This is a tool to empower nurses to work at the top of their license and own their career progression.
• The BJC RN Career Ladder promotes professional development, leadership, collaboration, education and service excellence and gives staff the opportunity to continue doing what they do best - caring for patients - while having the opportunity to advance to the next step in their career.
• Moves to higher ladder levels will result in a percentage increase of current pay that aligns with the new job description

Overview

Opened in 2007, Progress West Hospital is BJC HealthCare’s newest hospital in St. Charles County, featuring modern private rooms. It offers 24‑hour emergency services and has partnered with St. Louis Children’s Hospital to provide world‑class pediatric emergency care.

Progress West Hospital also provides surgical services, endoscopy services, a cardiac catheterization lab, medical/surgical inpatient services, diagnostic imaging, lab services, and the Advanced Wound Center, a specialty wound treatment facility with state‑of‑the‑art equipment. Progress West Hospital recently completed an expansion of its Childbirth Center to include enhanced services for at‑risk mothers and babies, with a newborn ICU that provides care for babies born as early as 32 weeks.

Progress West Hospital is a Certified Level II Stroke Center. The hospital’s medical office building houses offices for specialists in primary care, cardiology, obstetrics, pediatrics, and orthopedics.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Under the direction of manager, plans, directs, and coordinates activities of a unit on a designated shift. Performs direct patient care as needed and functions as clinical resource to nursing and support staff. Assesses, plans, evaluates and documents the nursing process of assigned unit as needed.

Responsibilities

• Participates in professional development
• Promotes patient and family centered care in a healing environment. Educates patients and their families on how to manage their illness or injury, including post treatment home care needs and medication administration.
• Develops and implements individual plans of care in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team in accordance with the established guidelines and standards of nursing care.
• Provides unit leadership for defined period of time using critical thinking assessment and evaluation skills.
• Evaluate patients response and modifies plan of care accordingly throughout the patients’ stay.

Minimum Requirements

Education

• Nursing Diploma / Associate’s

Experience

• 2-5 years

Supervisor Experience

• No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

• RN

Preferred Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well‑being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer